Improvement in spring bed-bottoms



' UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

A. FRAZEE, OF EAST BLOOMFTELD, AND L. M. SMITH, OF GANANDAIGUA, y NEWYORK.

Specication forming part of Letters Patent N0. 56,741, dated July 31,1866.'

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that We, ALBERT FEAZEE, of East Bloomfield, and LEWIS M.SMITH, of Canandaigua, in the county of Ontario and State of New York,have inven ted an Improved Bed-Bottom; and we do hereby declare that thefollowing is a t'ull and exact description thereof, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, making part of this specification.

Figurel Il is a top view of a bedstead provided with our improvedbed-bottom; Fig. 2,

aA central longitudinal vertical section thereof.

Like letters designate corresponding parts in both gures.

The slats B B are attached at each end to cross-bars U C, generally inpairs, as shown, so that (.lierent parts of the bed-bottom may moveindependently. The slats may be at tached to the b'ars by screws a a.

To the inside of the head and foot rails of the bedstead Aarerespectively attach ed cleats E E, as shown, by screws or otherwise.From these cleats the slats are suspended by means of elastic shirredbands G G and Wire loop hooks D D and H H. The loop-hooks D D hookaround the cleats, and H H around the Slat-bars C C. They are formedalike, of single pieces of Wire, bent substantially as shown.

The hooks D D pass down through equidisof' the cleats, as at sides ofthecleats, as shown. Weight the tighter the hold. k

This construction is exceedingly simple and cheap, the Wire loop-hookscosting but a trifle, and the shirred bands being very short pieces, andrequiring no labor to adapt them to use. All the other parts are plainwooden pieces. At the same time the bed-bottorn is very elastic andworks well.V

What We claim as our to secure by Letters Patent, is y The combinationand arrangement of the cross-bars G O,cleats E E, elastic bands G G, andloop-hooks D D and H H, substantially as and for the purpose hereinspecified.

The above specification of our improved bed-bottom signed by us this10th day of April, I1866.

The greater the ALBERT FRAZEE. LEWISM. SMITH. Witnesses:

1. HINMAN SMITH,

IRA W. LINCOLN.

or compressed between the loops and front invention,auddesire

